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Myles
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posted 08-10-2022 04:14 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Myles   Click Here to Email Myles     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
About to start a build of the Atomic City 1/12 Mercury capsule model. Built one as a kid years ago but recently picked up another and wanted to go all out on it.

Going to install interior lights into it but just wondering if anyone knows where any interior lights were inside the capsule? Or any resource material/ pictures showing them?

Done a little snoop around of Google Images but so dang busy inside the capsule I be missing them. Any help appreciated!

mercsim
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posted 08-10-2022 05:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for mercsim   Click Here to Email mercsim     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
There were two small Fluorescent lights about 12 inches long with a red cover that could be slid into place. They are visible in the Smithsonian 360 movies of John Glenn's capsule.

See the Mercury Familiarization Manual for more details.

Robert Pearlman
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posted 08-13-2022 01:53 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Robert Pearlman   Click Here to Email Robert Pearlman     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe one of the cabin light fixtures can be seen circled here. The other assembly was on the opposite wall, near the hatch.

Headshot
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posted 08-13-2022 03:32 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Headshot   Click Here to Email Headshot     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Yes, that device and its location matches the description and illustration of the lighting system given in the Haynes Mercury Owner's Workshop Manual on pages 69 and 127.

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